thatch

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
2. (Caribbean, countable, uncountable) Any of several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.
3. (countable, uncountable) A buildup of cut grass, stolons or other material on the soil in a lawn.
4. (broadly, countable, uncountable) Any straw-like material, such as a person's hair.

Verb

To cover the roof with straw, reed, leaves, etc.

Concepten

riet

stro

halm

stoppel

strodak

Synoniemen

roof

straw

grass

roof covering

cover

haulm

covering

thatched roof

shack

shingle

square

thatching

thatched house

thatch roof

be roofed with

cover with roofing

straw roofing

cover fully

blade of grass

straw roof

bunch

cover up

cupola

dome

herbs

mulch

rushes

Vertalingen

chaume

Dachstroh

paja

colmo

palha

Strohdach

colmar

αχυροσκεπή

caña

stoppie

toiture de chaume

zazzera

قش التسقيف

paglia per la copertura di tetti

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/θæt͡ʃ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: thach

Overgenomen van Oudengels: þæc

Verwant aan IJslands: þak

Verwant aan Nederlands: dak

Verwant aan Duits: Dach

Verwant aan Noors: tak

Verwant aan Zweeds: tak

Verwant aan Deens: tag

Verwant aan Latijn: toga

Verwant aan Albanees: thak

Verwant aan Litouws: stogas

Verwant aan Oudgrieks: τέγος

Overgenomen van Middelengels: thacchen

Overgenomen van Oudengels: þeċċan

Verwant aan Fries: dekke

Verwant aan Nederlands: dekken

Verwant aan Duits: decken

Verwant aan Deens: tække

Verwant aan Zweeds: täcka

In summary

Variant of thack, from Middle English thache, thach, from Old English þæc (“roof-covering”), from Proto-West Germanic *þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką (“covering”), from (o-grade of) Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“cover”).
Cognate with Icelandic þak, Dutch dak, German Dach, Norwegian tak, Swedish tak, Danish tag; and with Latin toga, Albanian thak (“awn, beard, pin, peg, tassel, fringe”), Lithuanian stogas (“roof”), Welsh to (“roof”). Related to Ancient Greek τέγος (tégos, “roof”) and στέγη (stégē, “roof”). See also English deech, deck.